Antiskid device for apparel shoes



March 19, 1935.

ANTISKID DEVICE FORAPPAREL SHOES Filed Aug. 12, 1933 Patented Mar. 19, 1935 UNETED STATES FATE-NT OFFICE ANTISKID DEVICE FOR- APPAREL SHOES Henrietta G. Gould, Des Moines, Iowa Application August 12,

1 Claim.

The object of my invention is to provide an anti-skid device for apparel shoes, which may be other mechanical fastening devices, and which,

when not in use, will occupy a minimum of space and may be easily carried.

A further object is to provide a device of this character in which the anti-skid plate may be properly held upon an apparel shoe by means of an endless rubber band, so arranged that when the band is slipped over the toe of a shoe, it will hold the anti-skid plate against movements in all directions relative to the sole of the shoe, and yet it may be readily and quickly removed by an operator.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 shows an end elevation of a part of an apparel shoe with my improved anti-skid device applied thereto.

Figure 2 shows a sectional view of my anti-skid device taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows a bottom view of my improved anti-skid device; and

, Figure 4 shows an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 44 of Figure 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, my improved anti-skid plate is preferably made of a single piece of bendable sheet metal of a length slightly less than that of the width of the apparel shoe to which it is to be applied as shown in Figure 1, and the width of the plate is substantially that or" the width of the rubber band with which it is to be used. The sheet metal is bent to form a hollow rectanglein cross section so that it has a longitudinal opening extending through it from end to end.,

The under suriace of the plate is indicated by the numeral 10 and is'provided with a series of anti-skid projections or roughened surfaces 11. The central portion of this bottom member 10 is preferably arched upwardly as shown at 12, in Figure 4. In the upper surface of the plate portions of the material are cut away to form a rectangular opening at 13, and at the ends of the piate the lugs 14 are projected inwardly to positions abutthig each other, as shown in Figure 2.

The rubber band is indicated by the numeral 15 and is an endless one-piece band of such length that it may be passed through the opening in the 1933, Serial No. 684,841

plate, and then when passed around the toe por- I tion of an apparel shoe, it will yieldingly hold the plate in position. Obviously, larger or smaller rubber bands may be used for apparel shoes of different sizes.

In assembling my improved device, the lugs 14 of oneside are bent upwardly and then a portion of the length of the rubber band is inserted under them, and into the opening in the plate. Then the lugs 14 are again bent down to normal 10 position, thus preventing the rubber band or any portion ofv it from coming out of the longitudinal opening in the plate.

1 preferably make the relative size of said longitudinal opening inthe plate and the cross sectional area of the rubber band so that the rubber band may, after being stretched to its limit, automatically and freely contract to its normal position within the said slot, so that when the device is not in use, no strains, stresses, or pressures will be applied to the rubber band which might tend to injure it.

Furthermore, by using the lugs 14, the operator may very readily, quicklyand easily remove a rubber band and replace a new one, in the event that the rubber band should not be of the proper size for fitting the apparel shoe for which it is intended, and this makes it possible for a dealer to have on hand a stock of my improved antiskid plates all of the same size, and then by having rubber bands of various lengths, the device maybe fitted to the particular apparel shoe of a given customer by simply substituting a rubber band of the proper length.

One of the valuable features of my invention is the provision of means whereby the rubber .band itself may be employed for the purpose of preventing slippage between the anti-skid plate and the apparel shoe. This is accomplished by having a portion of the bottom of the plate at 12 extended upwardly, and by forming an opening 13 in the top of the plate, so that when the rubber band is extended through the plate, a portion of it will project up beyond the surface of the plate and bear against the sole of the users shoe, and will be held in this position by the elasticity of the rubber band passed around the toe of the shoe, so that by this simple and inexpensive device, all slippage between the anti-skid device and the sole of the shoe is prevented, and this may be done without having the rubber band stretched so tight as to cause undue pressure upon the users foot.

I claim as my invention: 7

An anti-skid device for apparel shoes comprising a plate formed with anti-skid projections on its under surface, a flexible band extended across said plate from side to side and secured to said plate and designed to be passed around the toe 5 portion of an apparel shoe, said plate being formed with an opening in its upper surface above said flexible band, said plate being formed with means below said opening for engaging the under surface of the flexible band and forcing a portion of the flexible band upwardly through said opening to engage the bottom of an apparel shoe sole to which the device is applied, to thereby hold the device against slippage relative to the shoe sole.

HENRIETTA G. GOULD. 

